Example sentences of "a [noun] for " in BNC.

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1 Groups can monopolise a route for hours like this , or , worse still , drop someone on your head while you 're trying to lead it !
2 This had a solid crust generally capable only of bearing the weight of a man , but the LRDG had successfully worked out a route for vehicles .
3 We crossed several large meadows before working along steep , loose flanks , rich with flowers but not a route for mules , wherever they were — they had taken a different line .
4 Foot notes : a superb expedition on an atmospheric island , this is a route for experienced , confident and fit walkers .
5 At stake are not only the interests of potential motorway users and of persons whose land might be compulsorily acquired to provide a route for the motorway ; also involved are the inhabitants of villages and towns which will be relieved of through-traffic by the motorway ; British Rail may have an interest in inhibiting the development of alternative means for the transport of goods ; improved transport and communications facilities provided by the motorway may benefit some businesses at the expense of others ; and motorways have , of course , serious environmental effects which lovers of the countryside and people who live near the proposed route will be anxious to avoid .
6 Bridging precariously above the protruding spike concentrates your mind wonderfully on the old cliche — ‘ not a route for the married man ’ !
7 Anyway , like I was saying , any jumped-up little nerd can come along , work on a route for a month and get it wired , then go down in the book as one of the greats .
8 Thus , these trends towards a greater stress on educational qualifications imply that intragenerational mobility within work caused through promotion becomes much less important as a route for advancement .
9 Shortly after anaesthesia an intravenous infusion may be commenced to provide a route for fluid replacement .
10 Surgical drains are placed by the surgeon into the wound and provide a route for the exit of blood or body fluids which would otherwise prevent healing .
11 ‘ But they are cowards at heart and hang back until they are sure they are safe , even then leaving themselves a route for escape .
12 He 'd mapped out a route for them , and given it to her to follow .
13 The same passage , despite the narrow constriction of the valley at Djerdap , as the Danube forces its way between the Transylvanian Alps to the north and the Stara Planina to the south , may also have been a route for invaders into the Roman province of Pannonia , although the Iron Gate Pass , some 130 km ( 80 miles ) further north , afforded a better route for the Goths who descended on Pannonia from Transylvania in the middle of the fourth century AD .
14 Moreover , a substantial proportion of the council housing built on low-density suburban estates in the inter-war period has now been incorporated into the owner-occupied sector and no longer provides a route for lower-income households wanting to move into the suburbs .
15 The management of these relationships is expected to be an important determinant of success in the use of new technology by customer firms and should provide a route for product innovations by suppliers .
16 You could say , in a letter , that you strongly support the creation of a route for walkers and cyclists from Bloomiehall Park to Muirwood Road , especially for use by children to get to school , and that to overcome the present impasse , it might be a good idea to use a Compulsory Purchase Order to acquire the land needed .
17 Most of the ingredients were taken from other fields and disciplines , but the achievement was to meld these into a way of thinking , both theoretically and methodologically , so that one , the latter , could provide a route for a more effective formulation of the other , namely , theory .
18 He 's drawn up a route for a walk to the South Pole … of Mars , that is .
19 ‘ Then I 'll work out a route for getting us back behind our own lines . ’
20 For example , we might suggest a route for the mains , and specify carriageway , verge or footpath , based on the results of our own surveys .
21 As for the notion of a local tax as a payment for services rendered , it is n't .
22 There is no final dividend and Young said it did not expect to make a payment for 1992 .
23 No figures were given and no equity is involved , but MTI clearly sees the investment as a payment for partnership .
24 The idea of a payment for public exhibition was first developed in Sweden during the late 1960s and is based on the idea that the exhibition of paintings and other works of art is a service to society and , accordingly , the artist should receive some form of exhibition payment .
25 The money was demanded and paid for tax , yet no tax was due : there was a payment for no consideration .
26 Er one mainly being the , the fact that we wanted an overall scheme to cover everybody , including , including a payment for the lowest paid labourer in the shop .
27 Whether he could recover this sum would depend upon whether he could introduce further people into the scheme , for he would receive a payment for each new participant whom he introduced .
28 If in the judgment of the police authorities , formed reasonably and in good faith , the garrison was necessary for the protection of life and property , then they were not entitled to make a charge for it , for that would be to exact a payment for the performance of a duty which they clearly owed to the appellants and their servants ; but if they thought the garrison a superfluity and only acceded to Mr. James 's request with a view to meeting his wishes , then in my opinion they were entitled to treat the garrison duty as special duty and to charge for it … … .
29 The reservation fee is not security for not showing up , it is a payment for reserving the room .
30 Pinochet Hiriart stated in his testimony to the committee in mid-January that the money , apparently used to buy out his share in a small bankrupt arms manufacturing company , was in fact a payment for three loans which he had personally secured in Europe for the company .
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